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Pilot's Watch Hand-Wound

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A modern interpretation of the “mother of all IWC Pilot’s Watches” featuring the classical instrument look of a cockpit with luminescent hands and numerals. Technically speaking, the Pilot’s Watch Hand-Wound with its rotating bezel, pocket watch movement from the 98000-calibre family, large screw balance and Breguet spring represents the state of the art. With see-through sapphire-glass back.

Highlights

  • Limited edition of 500 watches in platinum
  • Hand-wound
  • 46-hour power reserve
  • Small hacking seconds
  • Diameter 44 mm

Price: $8,900 — $41,600

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SINCE 1936: THE MOTHER OF ALL IWC PILOT’S WATCHES

The fact that the modern interpretation bears such an uncanny resemblance to the “mother of all IWC Pilot’s Watches” is no coincidence: the classical cockpit-like look of the design, with its luminescent hands and numerals and black dial, has remained unchanged to this day. From a technical point of view, the Pilot’s Watch Hand-Wound, with its rotating bezel and arrowhead index, represents the state of the art: instead of the original 83 calibre, the new version from the IWC Vintage Collection features a pocket watch movement from the 98000-calibre family – hand-wound with a large screw balance and Breguet spring. The basic calibre stems from the 1930s and has been series-produced for longer than most other IWC movements. Through the see-through sapphire-glass back, you can see two technical features reminiscent of the first Jones calibres of 1868: the decorated nickel-silver three-quarter bridge and the Jones arrow. The elongated index served IWC’s founder as a means of adjusting the balance’s oscillating frequency and has remained a hallmark of Jones watches to this day.

Variations

Details

  • Reference IW325405
  • Case Material platinum
  • Bracelet/Strap black calfskin strap
  • Dial Colour silver-plated
  • Jewels 18
  • Calibre 98300
  • Price $41,600
  • Limited edition of 500 watches in platinum
  • Mechanical movement
  • Hand-wound
  • 46-hour power reserve when fully wound
  • Small hacking seconds
  • Glucydur®* beryllium alloy balance with high-precision adjustment cam on balance arms
  • Breguet spring
  • Three-quarter bridge
  • Sapphire glass, convex, antireflective coating on both sides
  • See-through sapphire-glass back
  • Water-resistant 6 bar
  • Case height 12 mm
  • Diameter 44 mm

  • *IWC Schaffhausen is not the owner of the Glucydur® trademark.

  • Reference IW325404
  • Case Material 18-carat white gold
  • Bracelet/Strap brown calfskin strap
  • Dial Colour ardoise
  • Jewels 18
  • Calibre 98300
  • Price $18,600
  • Limited edition of 500 watches in platinum
  • Mechanical movement
  • Hand-wound
  • 46-hour power reserve when fully wound
  • Small hacking seconds
  • Glucydur®* beryllium alloy balance with high-precision adjustment cam on balance arms
  • Breguet spring
  • Three-quarter bridge
  • Sapphire glass, convex, antireflective coating on both sides
  • See-through sapphire-glass back
  • Water-resistant 6 bar
  • Case height 12 mm
  • Diameter 44 mm

  • *IWC Schaffhausen is not the owner of the Glucydur® trademark.

  • Reference IW325403
  • Case Material 18-carat rose gold
  • Bracelet/Strap brown calfskin strap
  • Dial Colour silver-plated
  • Jewels 18
  • Calibre 98300
  • Price $16,400
  • Limited edition of 500 watches in platinum
  • Mechanical movement
  • Hand-wound
  • 46-hour power reserve when fully wound
  • Small hacking seconds
  • Glucydur®* beryllium alloy balance with high-precision adjustment cam on balance arms
  • Breguet spring
  • Three-quarter bridge
  • Sapphire glass, convex, antireflective coating on both sides
  • See-through sapphire-glass back
  • Water-resistant 6 bar
  • Case height 12 mm
  • Diameter 44 mm

  • *IWC Schaffhausen is not the owner of the Glucydur® trademark.

  • Reference IW325401
  • Case Material stainless steel
  • Bracelet/Strap brown calfskin strap
  • Dial Colour black
  • Jewels 18
  • Calibre 98300
  • Price $8,900
  • Limited edition of 500 watches in platinum
  • Mechanical movement
  • Hand-wound
  • 46-hour power reserve when fully wound
  • Small hacking seconds
  • Glucydur®* beryllium alloy balance with high-precision adjustment cam on balance arms
  • Breguet spring
  • Three-quarter bridge
  • Sapphire glass, convex, antireflective coating on both sides
  • See-through sapphire-glass back
  • Water-resistant 6 bar
  • Case height 12 mm
  • Diameter 44 mm

  • *IWC Schaffhausen is not the owner of the Glucydur® trademark.

Watch Viewer

  • IW325405 Watch Front
  • IW325405 Watch Back
  • IW325404 Watch Front
  • IW325404 Watch Back
  • IW325403 Watch Front
  • IW325403 Watch Back
  • IW325401 Watch Front
  • IW325401 Watch Back

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The 98000-Calibre Family

The 98 calibre, which was manufactured from the mid-1930s for the hunter pocket watch, has been regularly improved by IWC for over 80 years. Since it is so ideally suited for large hand-wound wristwatches, it is no coincidence that it is very closely associated with the story of the Portuguese wristwatches. One of the highlights in the calibre’s history was the anniversary Portuguese wristwatch unveiled in 1993 with the 9828 calibre, which among other things featured a balance with shock-resistance. Combining an elongated index, on the one hand, with a modern Glucydur®* beryllium alloy balance on the other hand, the 98290 calibre used in the Portuguese F. A. Jones combines tradition and technological progress. Calibres from the 98000-calibre family are also found in some of the watches in the current IWC Vintage Collection as well as in the Portuguese Hand-Wound models and the Portuguese Tourbillon Hand-Wound.

*IWC Schaffhausen is not the owner of the Glucydur® trademark

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2 comments

  • jarchvarin 1 year, 1 month ago

    The first time I saw this watch. I got to have it in my IWC collection. A classic watch.

  • Sunflower 1 year ago

    Fantastic watch with a lot of presence, I love to wear my steel one regularly. Saw the rose gold version somewhere, quite stunning!

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